Iman Sadeghi's

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Iman Sadeghi, Ph.D.

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Quandary Peak Research

Google	Walt Disney
Industrial Light & Magic	UC San Diego

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Litigation Consulting

• GEODIS Logistics, LLC v. Grenzebach Corporation | Sept 2024–Present
  
  • Jurisdiction: American Arbitration Association
    
  • Case Number: 01-23-0001-1178
    
  • Counsel: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
    
  • Nature of Suit: Breach-of-Contract, Arbitration
    

• Convergent Assets, LLC v. Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. | Aug 2024–Present
  
  • Jurisdiction: US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
    
  • Case Number: 4:24-cv-00567
    
  • Counsel: Direction IP Law
    
  • Nature of Suit: Patent
    

• iSpot.tv, Inc. v. Nadya Teyfukova and Entertainment Data Oracle, Inc. | Aug 2024–Present
  
  • Jurisdiction: US District Court for the Central District of California
    
  • Case Number: 2:21-cv-06815
    
  • Counsel: Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP
    
  • Nature of Suit: Trade Secret, Breach of Contract
    

• Universal Music Group Recordings, Inc. v. Frontier Communications Corp. | July 2024–Present
  
  • Jurisdiction: US District Court for the Southern District of New York
    
  • Case Number: 1:21-cv-05050|20-22476
    
  • Counsel: Day Pitney, LLP
    
  • Nature of Suit: Copyright
    

• D4D Technologies, LLC v. Medit Corporation | Apr 2024–Sept 2024
  
  • Jurisdiction: US District Court for the Western District of Texas
    
  • Case Number: 6:21-cv-01176
    
  • Counsel: Scheef & Stone, LLP
    
  • Nature of Suit: Patent
    

• InQuisient, Inc. v. ServiceNow, Inc. | Mar 2024–Present
  
  • Jurisdiction: US District Court for the District of Delaware
    
  • Case Number: 1:22-cv-00900
    
  • Counsel: Fish & Richardson P.C.
    
  • Nature of Suit: Patent
    

• Artec Europe S.A.R.L. v. Shenzhen Creality 3D Technology Co., Ltd. | Feb 2024–Present
  
  • Jurisdiction: US District Court for the Eastern District of New York
    
  • Case Number: 1:22-cv-01676-OEM-VMS
    
  • Counsel: Munck Wilson Mandala, LLP
    
  • Nature of Suit: Patent
    

• Electronic Devices Including Smartphones, Computers, Tablet Computers, and Components Thereof | Dec 2023–Present
  
  • Jurisdiction: International Trade Commission (ITC)
    
  • Counsel: Alston & Bird, LLP
    
  • Nature of Suit: Patent
    

• 3D Systems, Inc. v. Ben Wynne, et al. | Sept 2023–Present
  
  • Jurisdiction: US District Court for the Southern District of California
    
  • Case Number: 3:21-cv-01141-LAB-DEB
    
  • Counsel: Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP
    
  • Nature of Suit: Trade Secrets, Breach of Contract
    

• Avelardo Rivera and Yasmine Romero v. Amazon Web Services, Inc | July 2023–Present
  
  • Jurisdiction: US District Court for the Western District of Washington
    
  • Case Number: 2:22-cv-00269-JHC
    
  • Counsel: Edelson P.C.
    
  • Nature of Suit: Class Action
    

Software & Technology Consultant

Intellectual Property Consulting

• Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP | May 2024–Present
  
  • Nature of Consultation: Patent Analysis
    
  • Technology: Load Balancing, Virtualization, Cloud and Big Data Infrastructure
    

• Security First Innovations, LLC | Sept 2023–Present
  
  • Nature of Consultation: Patent Analysis
    
  • Technology: Security, Encryption, Storage, Cloud and Big Data Infrastructure
    

Software & Technology Consultant

Tech Due Diligence Consulting

• Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP | Sept 2024–Present
  
  • Nature of Consultation: Software Analysis
    
  • Technology: E-Commerce, Synchronization, Software Reliability
    

Inventions

Filed Patents

• Google | 2014–2016
  
  • Event Grouping Using Time Zones· GP-21579-00-US · US 2016/0027037 A1
    
  • Cross-Campaign Event Attribution · GP-21577-00-PR
    
  • Late Conversion Event Attribution · GP-21580-00-US
    
  • Event Attribution Using Backfill Operation · GP-21581-00-US
    
  • Event Attribution and Frequency Grouping · GP-21578-00-US
    


• Disney | 2010-2014
  
  • System and Method for Artist Friendly Controls for Hair Shading · US 8,674,988 B2 · US 2011/0304623 A1
    

Papers

Peer-Reviewed Publications

• Iman Sadeghi, Oleg Bisker, Joachim De Deken, and Henrik Wann Jensen | 2013
  A Practical Microcylinder Appearance Model for Cloth Rendering
  ACM Transactions on Graphics 32 (2), SIGGRAPH 2013.


• Nima Sadeghi, Iman Sadeghi, and Shahriar Mirabbasi | 2013
  Analysis and Design of Monolithic Resistors with Desired Temp. Coefficient
  IET Circuits, Devices & Systems.


• Iman Sadeghi, Adolfo Munoz, Philip Laven, Wojciech Jarosz, Francisco Seron, Diego Gutierrez, and Henrik Wann Jensen | 2012
  Physically-Based Simulation of Rainbows
  ACM Transactions on Graphics 31 (1), SIGGRAPH 2012.


• Iman Sadeghi | 2011
  Controlling the Appearance of Specular Microstructures
  Ph.D. Dissertation, Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California San Diego.


• Wojciech Jarosz, Derek Nowrouzezahrai, Iman Sadeghi, Henrik Wann Jensen | 2011
  A Comprehensive Theory of Volumetric Radiance Estimation using Points & Beams
  ACM Transactions on Graphics 30 (1), SIGGRAPH 2011.


• Iman Sadeghi, Heather Pritchett, Henrik Wann Jensen, Rasmus Tamstorf | 2010
  An Artist Friendly Hair Shading System
  ACM Transactions on Graphics 29 (4), SIGGRAPH 2010.


• Iman Sadeghi, Rasmus Tamstorf | 2010
  Efficient Implementation of Dual Scattering Model in RenderMan
  Disney Technical Reports.


• Iman Sadeghi, Bin Chen, Henrik Wann Jensen | 2009
  Coherent Path Tracing
  Journal of Graphics, GPU, & Game Tools 14 (2).


• Iman Sadeghi | 2008
  Photorealistic Rendering of Human Hair Fibers
  M.Sc. Thesis, Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California San Diego.


• Farshad Rostamabadi, Iman Sadeghi, Mohammad Ghodsi, Ramtin Khosravi | 2008
  Optimal Point Removal in Closed-2PM Labeling
  Information Processing Letters, Elsevier, 105 (3).

Research Posters

Technical Posters

• Iman Sadeghi, Henrik Wann Jensen | 2008
  A Physically Based Anisotropic Iridescence Model for Rendering Morpho Butterflies
  University of California San Diego Research EXPO.

Movies

Movie Credits

• Tangled | 2010
  Look Development | Hair Rendering Development | Walt Disney Animation Studios.

Accolades

Awards & Honors

• Erdös-Bacon Number 6 | 2010
  Erdös Number 4 and Bacon Number 2


• Walt Disney Animation Studios Fellowship | 2009
  Awarded for hair rendering research on the Disney movie Tangled | Burbank, CA


• Best Social Networking App | 2009
  Awarded during the Qualcomm Innovation Challenge | La Jolla, CA


• Best Social Networking App | 2009
  Awarded during the Qualcomm Innovation Challenge | La Jolla, CA


• Featured on Magazine Front Cover | 2009
  Optics and Photonics News Magazine


• Chancellor’s Interdisciplinary Collaboratories Fellowship | 2008
  Awarded from CISA3, the Center of Interdisciplinary Science for Art, Architecture & Archaeology | La Jolla, CA


• Grand Prize Award | 2007
  Winner of the University of California San Diego’s Rendering Competition 2007 | La Jolla, CA


• Best Graphics Design | 2007
  Winner of The Open Protein Structure Network logo design contest


• CalRA Fellowship | 2006–2007
  Awarded from Jacobs School of Engineering, UC San Diego | La Jolla, CA


• Ranked 1st in Cumulative GPA | 2002–2006
  Class of 2002, Computer Engineering Department, Sharif University of Technology | Iran


• Silver Medal Award | 2002
  National Olympiad of Informatics | Iran


• Admitted to The National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents | 1995 & 1998
  Less than the top 1% of students nationwide are admitted to the program | Iran

Professional Experience

Focus Areas

• Artificial Intelligence
• System Architecture
• Distributed Systems
• Parallel Processing
• Operating Systems
• Machine Learning
• Databases
• Cryptography
• Software Testing
• Privacy
• Search Engine Optimization
• Engineering Ethics
• Big Data

• Rendering
• Virtual Reality
• Augmented Reality
• Ray Tracing
• Path Tracing
• Photon Mapping
• Image Processing
• Visualization
• Rasterization
• Geometry Processing
• 3D Modeling
• Appearance Modeling
• 3D Animation

• Data Structures
• Dynamic Programming
• Divide & Conquer
• Approximation Algorithms
• Computational Geometry
• Randomized Algorithms
• Time & Space Complexity
• Online Algorithms
• Greedy Algorithms
• Game Theory

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